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Aperitivo hour at Ombra.

Aperitivo hour: Eight great spots for free snacks while you sip

What comes complimentary could be as simple as chips and olives, or as elaborate as sourdough crackers with wagyu and bone marrow. Here’s where to find them.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Emily Yeoh with a larger version of the $15 wok she recommends from Yuen’s in Brisbane, or a similar Asian grocery store.

The $15 wok this top chef (and former MasterChef contestant) swears by

Avoid the expensive brands, she says, while dishing up advice on how to “season” it correctly and the type of burner you should use.

  • Matt Shea
Chef Luke Mangan is opening his first restaurant in Melbourne in more than a decade.

Celebrity Sydney chef to bring French bistro flair to under-served part of the city

Busy chef and empire builder Luke Mangan is returning to his culinary roots (as well as his hometown) with a tried-and-true restaurant formula.

  • Emma Breheny
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Saucy dishes and seriously bad puns are the order of the day in the team immunity challenge

Team Relay night brings out some great cooking – and disqualification-worthy puns – in the quest for immunity.

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Peek inside Bistra to find white-clothed tables and whitewashed walls.
14.5/20

Not too fancy, not too casual, this bistro finds the Goldilocks zone (and brings the ’90s back)

Nostalgic for those elegant bistros of the not-too-distant past? Even if you weren’t there, you’ll recognise the appeal of this Carlton newcomer.

  • Besha Rodell

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Melbourne Eat Streets

Tiamo restaurant in Carlton.

Five years ago, Lygon Street was dying. Now diners are queuing out the door

  • Dani Valent
Tocca restaurant in Werribee.

How a run-down strip became the most exciting culinary street in the west

  • Dani Valent
Victor Churchill in Armadale.

How a well-heeled street of wedding dress shops became a premier dining strip

  • Dani Valent
Modu restaurant on Clayton Road.

The gritty ‘eating street’ in the south-east that boasts more than 200 restaurants

  • Dani Valent
Crosta D’Oro in Thornbury.

High Street is jam-packed with bars, cafes and restaurants – but this is its best section

  • Dani Valent

Eating out

John Portelli in his element in 1991.

‘Heart and soul of Melbourne’s gastronomy’: Legendary Italian grocer to close after 70 years

It’s the end of an era for a family-run business that helped change the city’s eating and drinking landscape.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Sunny and Ross Lusted are setting up shop on Russell Street in the CBD.

Former three-hatted Sydney chef to open restaurant, basement bar in Melbourne

  • Tomas Telegramma
Gemini is a cafe by day, and wine bar by night.
13.5/20

‘Tough economic climates are temporary, but community is forever’: Why Gemini is a gem

  • Dani Valent
The Gorda tigelle at Emilietta layers mortadella, balsamic onion and pistachio.

This hatted city restaurant is now serving a rare sandwich you should know about

  • Tomas Telegramma

Lists & guides

Aperitivo hour at Ombra.

Aperitivo hour: Eight great spots for free snacks while you sip

Welcome to Good Food’s Eat Streets series.

The essential guide to five of Melbourne’s best Eat Streets

Mulberry Group founder Nathan Toleman (left) and chef Tom Sarafian have partnered on the opening of Sarafian’s first restaurant.

Six new venues set to get Melbourne sizzling this winter

The Plough in Footscray offers a $23 steak special on Tuesdays.

Cheap grills: 20 of Melbourne’s best-value steak nights

May hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out this month

May hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out this month

At Flower Drum, the service alone is remarkable.

Our chief critic’s little black book of places she usually only shares with visiting friends

Sean’s

I’m coming to Sydney for the week, where should I eat? The critic’s top picks for visitors

Bridge Road Brewers’ menu champions pizza topped with local ingredients.

The best places to eat, drink (and scoff pizza) in Rutherglen and surrounds

Bronwyn with her beloved cheeseburger at Butcher’s Diner.

From noodles to late-night burgers, this is where comedians eat out on the cheap in Melbourne

The chefs’ culinary backgrounds merge in the lamb forequarter chops with chimichurri.

10 hot new southside venues worth making a pit stop at

Seabourn dining

Thinking about booking a cruise? Everything you need to know about the food and drink

Publique Bakery owner Sung Kim at the CBD shop.

Eight of Melbourne’s new-wave bakeries worth spending your dough on

Recent reviews

Gemini is a cafe by day, and wine bar by night.
13.5/20

‘Community is forever’: Why all-day cafe and wine bar Gemini is a local gem

  • Dani Valent
The apricot walls set the pattern at Brunswick East’s Suntop Plaza.

Retro cafe Suntop Plaza is all about ’90s vibes and honest food with 101 per cent heart

  • Dani Valent
King prawn dumplings with tapioca “caviar”.

Charlong’s ‘genius’ dumplings are not what you might expect at a typical suburban Thai

  • Dani Valent
Sushi platter.
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A little Japanese, a little French but a lot to love at passion project Bansho

  • Dani Valent
Chef Jun Oya cuts and cooks in front of guests at Shusai Mijo.
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Shusai Mijo is one of the more affordable omakase restaurant in Melbourne

  • Besha Rodell

Recipes

Greek lemon chicken and potatoes.

This $10 chicken one-tray wonder is your new go-to family dinner

The Greek-style drumstick tray bake with potatoes pairs perfectly with a bowl of spanakorizo (AKA spinach rice).

  • Chelsea Goodwin
Danielle Alvarez’s chocolate loaf cake with mascarpone icing.
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This kid-friendly chocolate loaf cake is deliberately messy (and absolutely fabulous)

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez
Cilbir with Ramazan pidesi (Turkish eggs with flatbread).

‘One of my all-time favourites’: Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Turkish-style brunch

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  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Adam Liaw’s vegetarian lasagne.

Choose your own adventure with Adam Liaw’s vegetarian lasagne

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw

Recipe collections

Creamy cauliflower and potato soup topped with mini cheese toastie bites.

16 freezer-friendly soups and stews to cook (and stash away) this week

RecipeTin Eats’ baked chicken and broccoli macaroni cheese.

Budget bangers: 50 thrifty recipes for tight times

Adam Liaw’s shepherds’ pie.

Oldies but goodies: 10 of your favourite childhood recipes to cook next week

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s spiced apple cake with mascarpone and maple frosting.

From apple cakes to RecipeTin’s steak: April’s 20 most popular recipes

One-pan slurpy creamy tomato and fennel ravioli with optional spicy sausage.

14 simple dinners that go straight to the sauce

Cr: William Meppem / GW - Food, March 5 issue. Neil Perry's chicken with lemon and orzo risotto. SMH GOOD WEEKEND Picture by WILLIAM MEPPEM GW160305 William Meppem – Sat, 5. March 2016 12:00 AM988594168.jpgCr: William Meppem / GW - Food, March 5 issue. Neil Perry's chicken with lemon and orzo risotto. SMH GOOD WEEKEND Picture by WILLIAM MEPPEM GW160305

50 crowd-pleasing chicken dishes (starring RecipeTin’s popular curry)

Fast one tray eggplant and spicy salami lasagne. Sage Creative autumn/winter recipes for Good Food online and Home Front. February 2022. Good Food use only. Please credit James Moffatt

14 of our favourite low-fuss and affordable dishes to cook this week

Manoush-style pizzas with prawns and chilli.

10 fast and curious Friday night flatbread pizzas

Vegetarian-friendly pithiviers filled with mushroom ragu.

Five crowd-pleasing Recipe Tin pies to bake this weekend

Barbecued cauliflower with mascarpone bechamel.

Five easy and cheesy new cauliflower steak recipes

RecipeTin Eats’ golden coconut pumpkin and chickpea curry.

10 budget-friendly vegie one-dish dinners to cook this week

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s spiced apple cake with mascarpone and maple frosting.

Freshly baked recipes: Five new apple cakes to make this weekend

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Tips & advice

Emily Yeoh with a larger version of the $15 wok she recommends from Yuen’s in Brisbane, or a similar Asian grocery store.

The $15 wok this chef (and ex-MasterChef contestant) swears by

  • Matt Shea

Eating ultra-processed meat linked to greater risk of early death

  • Laura Donnelly
Black coffee.

Eight health benefits of drinking black coffee

  • Emily Craig

A dietitian’s guide to food additives – and which ones to avoid

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Four simple ways to cut up to 40% off your grocery bill

  • Bianca Hrovat

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Drinks

Diners try the line-up of Coravin wines at Bentley Restaurant & Bar.

Try one of the world’s best wines for half price. But is it really worth $320 a glass?

  • Bianca Hrovat

‘The poor man’s Grange’ now costs how much?

  • Huon Hooke

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Aperitivo hour at Ombra.

Aperitivo hour: Eight great spots for free snacks while you sip

  • Tomas Telegramma
Emily Yeoh with a larger version of the $15 wok she recommends from Yuen’s in Brisbane, or a similar Asian grocery store.

The $15 wok this top chef (and former MasterChef contestant) swears by

  • Matt Shea
John Portelli in his element in 1991.

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Peek inside Bistra to find white-clothed tables and whitewashed walls.
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  • Besha Rodell
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